“…Most of the available data on HPV prevalence among pregnant women are derived from studies based on hybridization techniques that are suboptimal in sensitivity, and the spectrum of HPV detection is often limited to a few common genotypes [Fife et al, 1987[Fife et al, , 1996[Fife et al, , 1999Schneider et al, 1987;Rando et al, 1989;Hording et al, 1990;Chang-Claude et al, 1996;Morrison et al, 1996;Armbruster-Moraes et al, 2000]. In this study, the association between pregnancy and HPV prevalence was examined using the most sensitive catch-all detection method, consensus primer-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by an identification system that covers all the known genotypes.…”